Cameron, Alexander Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alexander Douglas |
Surname | Cameron |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-10-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Robert and Alexis Cosgrove Cameron. Husband of Georgina Brown Cameron, of Burnside, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | R3292 |
Markings | KO-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 26. F. 1-9. |
Epitaph | HE BADE NO LAST FAREWELL. HIS SPIRIT FLEW BEFORE WE KNEW THAT FROM US HE HAD GONE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 140 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 146944 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/3564 (P355169/40) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/887/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/887/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-09-1940 |
End Date | 01-10-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Bomb marshalling yards at Osnabruck |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at Bersenbruck |